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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the reader infer about what is making Father's and Caroline's hair stand up when they are inside with Susan and Paul?
(a) The air is charged with electricity.
(b) It is a metaphor for their suspicion.
(c) A lot of wind is getting in.
(d) It is an idiom expressing their surprise.

2. Why is Caroline confused on her walk to her old house?
(a) She is exhausted.
(b) She has not eaten.
(c) The city has changed a lot.
(d) There is a blizzard.

3. What do Father and Caroline "borrow" from the cabin?
(a) Canned food and powdered milk.
(b) Snowshoes and a sled.
(c) Cross-country skis.
(d) Warm blankets.

4. Whom is Father quoting when he says, on page 14, "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes"?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Emerson.

5. What street did Caroline live on with her family?
(a) Hill View.
(b) Dalhouse.
(c) Crispin Lake.
(d) Crescent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "wardhouse" as used in My Abandonment?

2. Why do Father and Caroline go to the men's camp?

3. What item in Caroline's new bedroom does she remember having when she was younger?

4. On page 3, what does Father tell Caroline about the adult video store?

5. Where does Caroline dispose of Father's body?

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